Clinton sees best-yet fundraising numbers as general begins

WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton raised $63 million in July for her presidential campaign, her best month yet and a summertime haul that puts her ahead of President Obama’s fundraising at the same point in his re-election race. Clinton has maintained a 700-plus-person campaign payroll and spent $35 million on television commercials between the last week of June and last week, according to Kantar Media’s campaign advertising tracker. Looking back at the previous presidential race, Obama’s campaign took in about $49 million in July 2012, finance records show. Trump has trained his attention on online fundraising, netting more than $3 million in the 24-hours after making his first email solicitation for campaign cash in June.